Divinity II: DKS - Available in Stores in North America

April 12th, 2011, 19:03

Larian Studios announce that the Xbox360 version of the Dragon Knight Saga is now available in stores in North America .If you want to know what the contents is of this physical distribution you can watch the video on unpacking it, which shows it has the game, a user manual, a 52 page artbook and the soundtrack.More information.

I wish I had waited for this. I really think DKS would be better on my Xbox. Graphics might suffer a bit, but a game pad is perfect for this game.

I never finished it as the dragon parts just got annoying to me, and I wasn't a fan of having the battle tower… I gave up a few hours past gaining dragon form. Again, a game pad would be so much better for flying around.

Spent about 90hrs playing through this grand adventure, using the EU PC ver. Finished every quest but 3 that I gave up on finding a solution too, didn't want to look online.

The only thing that really sucked about the ending:

Spoiler

The story was good, but at the end you never got to face off against Damion {the main bad guy} that you met several times during the adventure and was the cause of the entire problem you just played through and defeated. He never made an appearance at the end.

It was inconclusive and I hope to see it resolved in another title at least. Or maybe him as a cameo you run into and kill just because, or someone else's bitch…rofl

Note that my opinion is untainted by the original Ego Draconis. I bought DKS just before Christmas last year, and happily played it all the way through. I can see how the original Ego Draconis could be viewed to have a frustrating ending, but the expansion plays very much like a welcome 3rd Act, and together, it all forms a very satisfying story and game experience.

I know there's lots of griping about the gameplay as a dragon, but I found these to be overblown to my personal taste. For one thing, once you gain your dragon form, there's TONS of gameplay remaining in your human form. I kind of liked the way they had you exploring the world in dragon form, then entering the dungeons/caves in human form. I think adding a 3rd dimension to the world exploration added a lot, and it was executed very well in the Fjords.

Of course, there's dragon combat against the numerous towers and ballistas, and while I'm not sure this could be categorized as 'fun', I didn't find it particularly challenging, either (especially when I got the hang of using the right mouse button to give a burst to my movement in any direction every 1 second). If anything, it got a bit repetitive. I admit that I experienced some of the same feeling going into each commander's floating citadel realm as I had going into each of the Oblivion gates ("well, here we go again"), so there were a few hours in the middle of the game that dragged a bit.

On the plus side, you were rewarded for these efforts with phat loot in the form of set pieces, and it was always enough to pull me along. And again, this one average part of the game is outshone by the 90% of it that's really top-notch IMO (that's including the expansion/3rd Act that takes place almost entirely in human form).

If I were to use one word to describe this game, I think I would use 'Bold'. From the opening cutscene featuring a floating warship, to the interesting (though expected) plot twist that takes place very early on and turns your friends into enemies, to awarding a player their own fortress, to the big risk of allowing you to play and develop as a dragon, to the 2nd Act ending that will leave you saying, "WTF? Those bastards!"……the whole thing stroked my love for high fantasy in all the right ways and left me very satisfied.

I didn't finish it before the poll at the end of last year, but this easily gets my vote as RPG of the year for 2010. So glad the Devs went back and re-worked this and re-released it as a complete game, because in its current form it shines very bright…

Originally Posted by Khalus
The only thing that really sucked about the ending:

Have you only played Ego Draconis or FOV, too ?

-- “ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
Yeah I hear you its still unresolved probably so you have to buy the next game to finish it.

Spoiler –Ending

You kill damiens girlfriend and he is still alive in the end.

Spoiler –just before the ending

I'm stuck on the escort mission. I didn't replay Ego Draconis and started FoV with a new character, which meant I missed some Dragon gear. I finished Ego Draconis in January 2010, so I apparently have to reacquaint myself with the dragon form. I never died in the human-form part of FoV, but I keep failing at the Dragon escort mission. Frustrating.

@JuliusMagnus : The quest you refer to is being heavily discussed at the Larian forums, too.
There are - if I remember correctly - a lot of topics with tips there.

-- “ Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.“ (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)

I'm stuck on the escort mission. I didn't replay Ego Draconis and started FoV with a new character, which meant I missed some Dragon gear. I finished Ego Draconis in January 2010, so I apparently have to reacquaint myself with the dragon form. I never died in the human-form part of FoV, but I keep failing at the Dragon escort mission. Frustrating.

Spoiler

I think well placed/timed nukes (Wrath of the Patriarch iirc) are key in this because they can usually wipe out the whole island (so use it on the bigger ones). And of course staying well ahead to preserve zeppelin´s "health" as much as possible for latter stages.
Also, note that when you get the "this is the final stretch" line it may seem hopeless, but you actually don´t have to go through all the islands in sight - once the zeppelin gets far enough there´s a cutscene to the rescue.
Certainly a bit of a difficulty spike, but imo a worthy and memorable ending combat scenario (unlike the very last battle).

I'm stuck on the escort mission. I didn't replay Ego Draconis and started FoV with a new character, which meant I missed some Dragon gear. I finished Ego Draconis in January 2010, so I apparently have to reacquaint myself with the dragon form. I never died in the human-form part of FoV, but I keep failing at the Dragon escort mission. Frustrating.

It's not that hard:

Spoiler –Spoiler

First you should lower the difficulty level. When in dragon form immediately go to the inventory to optimize everything (although without ED there probably isn't much to do ).
Fly way ahead of the zeppelin and clear its path. I don't remember if you have a companion spell. If so, you always want to summon your companion. Hit pause whenever your magic missile is ready, then aim at something and fire. Repeat. It's all about shooting things quickly. Use the monster spell only on big groups of targets because it takes forever to reload.